Lake Life - Kate McIntosh

Sound creation

How changeable and fluid are we? How do we tangle with each other and the world? Lake Life is a collaborative game, a puzzle, and a celebration – step in with two feet and maybe leave with three. The game is transformative, imaginary and real. The audience is invited to explore unprecedented spaces, a dreamlike world of imaginary bodies and self-transformation, where altered senses become palpable and the boundaries of identity are fluid. While the socio-physical fragility created by the pandemic may be experienced differently by young and old, the (re)discovery of trust, fun, and free imagination is a collective concern. How can we break free from the roles we’re expected to play in the outside world? What connects us all? Perhaps it’s the possibility of imagining a new world where we can reinvent our ways from scratch…

A project by: Kate McIntosh in collaboration with Arantxa Martinez | Visual installation: Nadia Lauro | Sound: Eric Desjeux | Light design: Eduardo Abdala | Artistic advice: Harun Morrison, Sarah Parolin, Tim Etchells | Technical direction: Koen De Saeger in collaboration with Tatiana Carret | Studio assistance: Maria O’Herce, Ashley Van Pouke | Drawings: Dari Gatti | Cards: Marzia Dalfini | Harness: Karolien Nuyttens | General management: Sarah Parolin | Production management: Niamh Moroney | Administration: Laura Deschepper, Elie Agniel

Commissioned and produced by Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Production: SPIN, Backbone Berlin GbR | Coproduction: BRONKS, Kaaitheater, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER, PACT Zollverein, Festival d’Automne à Paris, T2G Théâtre de Gennevilliers Centre Dramatique National, MDT, SPRING Performing Arts Festival, BIT Teatergarasjen, SCHÄXPIR Festival, figuren.theater.festival, Teatro Municipal do Porto
Residency: KWP Kunstenwerkplaats
Funded by the Flemish Community Commission (VGC)
Thanks to: Hans Bryssinck, Diederik Peeters, Laura Deschepper, Anna Rispoli, Marnie Slater, Tim Etchells, Caroline Daish, Britt Hatzius, Sheena McGrandles, Barbara Greiner, Frida Laux
Special thanks to: all the volunteer audiences who helped us in the process, and Sabine Zahn & Joshua Rutter for loaning the practice Ghost Head from the Unwritten Library

Première - 18-21/05/2023 - KFDA @ Bronks Theatre - Brussels (Belgium)
19-21/06/2023 - Schäxpir Festival @ Posthof - Linz (Austria)
08/09 - 10/09/2023 - MDT, Stockholm (Sweden)
14-15/10/2023 - Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin (Ireland)
22-23/10/2023 - BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen (Norway)
13-17/12/2023 - Festival d'Automne, Paris (France)
05/03 - 10/03/2024 - PACT Zollverein, Essen (Germany)
02/05 - 06/05/2024 - Teatro Municipal do Porto (Portugal)
23/05 - 01/06/2024 - SPRING, Utrecht (Netherlands)
5-11/08 - Tampere Theater Festival, Tampere (Finland)
May 2025 - Figuren Theater Festival, Erlangen (Germany)